East Virginia

proper noun

A hypothetical U.S. state that would be east of and analogous to West Virginia.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A hypothetical U.S. state that would be east of and analogous to West Virginia.

    OK. So I lied. This is really about West Virginia:

    2009 September 18, Christopher Hendon <ac...@au4jesus.org>, “Need a ticket for East Virginia?”, in AU4Jesus (Usenet), retrieved 20 May 2017
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    While she will want to convince the judge that the court has jurisdiction because no other state has jurisdiction under the jurisdictional tests of the UCCJEA or the UCCJA, whichever happens to be the applicable custody jurisdiction statute of the state of East Virginia, this should fail if she is candid with the court about the previous physical residence of the children in Germany; surely Germany would be considered the children's "home state."

    2006, Mark E. Sullivan, The Military Divorce Handbook, →ISBN

    Question 1: The State Occupational Health and Safety Board of East Virginia recently issued regulations valid under its statutory mandate requiring that all employers in the state provide ionizing air purification systems for all employee work.

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    But Prince has come to the state of East Virginia, where Ladonna owns additional real property.

    2016, Michael H. Hoffheimer, Examples & Explanations for Conflict of Laws, →ISBN

    I, unfortunately, do say stupid things... a lot. I'll never live down asking where East Virginia was. Hey, there is a West Virginia so why isn't there an East Virginia!

    2016, Nancy Weiser, River Runs Deep: Memoirs of a Tomboy, →ISBN
  2. humorousVirginia, when treated analogically to West Virginia.

    Sorry. I do compose electronic music (more toward ambient or trance) here in East Virginia.

    2000 February 2, Michael Erwin <merwin@ipass.net>, “Electronic Music in West Virginia?”, in alt.west-virginia (Usenet), retrieved 20 May 2017
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    Of course, my own East Virginia is currently songless. "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" was ousted a few years ago, after a long political battle.

    2002 July 11, Guv Bob <snuffynlowezy@aol.compost>, “Anybody know the state song of West Virginia?”, in alt.appalachian (Usenet), retrieved 20 May 2017

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

East Virginia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/East%20Virginia

MLA

“East Virginia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/East%20Virginia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “East Virginia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/East%20Virginia.

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